La fille du barde fait la manche. Elle promène sa sébille de fer-blanc devant les spectateurs.--=HENRI MONNIER.= From la buona mancia of the Italians, says Michel, which has the signification of _a gratuity_ allowed a workman or guide, and “present” asked by a prostitute. (Familiar and popular) Le ----, _the master_. Jambes en manches de veste, _bandy legs_. (Thieves’) Faire la ----, _to beg_. M’est avis que vous avez manqué le bon, l’autre sorgue. Quoi, le birbe qui avait l’air de faire la manche dans les garnaffes et les pipés.--=VIDOCQ.= (_My opinion is that you missed the right man the other night. Why, the old fellow who pretended to be begging in the farms and mansions_.) MANCHETTE, _f._ (military), coup de ----, _a certain clever sword cut on the wrist_. Une ... deux ... parez celui-là, c’est le coup de flanc. Ah! ah! pas assez malin. Voilà le coup de manchette! Pif! paf! ça y est.--=H. FRANCE=, _L’Homme qui tue_. MANCHEUR, _m._ (popular), _street tumbler_; thus called on account of his living on the proceeds of “la manche,” or collection. MANCHON, _m._ (popular), _large head of hair_. Avoir des vers dans son ----, _to have bald patches on one’s head_. MANDARIN, _m._ (literary), _imaginary person who serves as a butt for attacks_. Tuer le ----, _to be guilty, by thought, of a bad action_. An allusion to the joke about a question as to one’s willingness to kill a wealthy man at a distance by merely pressing a knob, and afterwards inheriting his money. MANDIBULES, _f. pl._ (popular), jouer des ----, _to eat_, “to grub.” See MASTIQUER. MANDOLE, _f._ (popular), _smack in the face_. Jeter une ----, _to give a smack in the face_, “to fetch a wipe in the mug,” or, as the Americans have it, “to give a biff in the jaw.” MANDOLET, _m._ (thieves’), _pistol_, “barking-iron, or pop.” MANEGO (Breton cant), _handcuffs_, or “darbies.” MANETTE, _f._ (popular), Mademoiselle ----, _a portmanteau_, or “peter.” MANGEOIRE, _f._ (popular), _eating-house_, “grubbing-crib.” MANGER (theatrical), du sucre, _to be applauded_; (military) ---- le mot d’ordre, or la consigne, _to forget the watchword_; (popular) ---- de la misère, or du bœuf, _to be in poverty_, _to be a_ “quisby;” ---- de la prison, _to be in prison_, _in_ “quod;” ---- du fromage, or du bœuf, _to go to a comrade’s funeral_. An allusion to the repast, or “wake,” as the Irish term it, after the funeral; ---- de la merde, _to be in a state of abject poverty, entailing all kinds of humiliations_; ---- du drap, or du mérinos, _to play billiards_, or “spoof;” ---- le bon Dieu, _to partake of communion_. Et c’est du propre d’aller manger le bon Dieu en guignant les hommes.--=ZOLA.=